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The 37th Congress for Education for the Blind and Visually Impaired on 03.08.2020 - 07.08.2020 in Marburg, Germany
From 03.08. to 07.08.2020 our project partner the German Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired (DBSV) is at the 37th Congress for Education for the Blind and Visually Impaired in Marburg an der Lahn, Germany. DBSV presents the Nature without Barriers project. More about the event at: https://vbs2020.de/wp/.
"Nature without Barriers" becomes official project of the UN Decade on Biodiversity
Just in time for Europe Day on 9 May, the project "Nature without Barriers" receives the title as an official project of the UN Decade on Biodiversity in the special competition "Social Nature - Nature for All". The award has been handed over by Dr. Rüdiger Leidner, Member of the Board of Directors of the European Network on Accessible Tourism r.a.
With its special competition „Social Nature – Nature for all“, the UN Decade honours exemplary projects that connect nature and social issues. The awarded projects highlight the opportunities that nature and biological diversity hold for social cohesion.
To the awarding video with Dr. Rüdiger Leidner (in German): Laudatio
More on the UN-award and the winner-projects (in German and English): https://www.undekade-biologischevielfalt.de/
Interview: Blind for a while, or ÖZIV expanding the view on barriers
People with disabilities continuously accompany us in our project work as experts in their fields. In October 2019, our international project team went on a barrier detection trip to the Donau-Auen National Park near Vienna, Austria. For two hours all participants were allowed to explore a nature trail in a wheelchair or with the help of a blind cane. Under the guidance of the Austrian federal association of impaired people ÖZIV (Austria-wide Future-oriented Representation of Interests), we checked where barriers were hidden on the nature trail on the castle island in Orth. This nature trail will soon be redesigned to get barrier-free.
We spoke with Isabella Aigner and Peter Noflatscher working for ÖZIV ACCESS about the work of the ÖZIV, its current challenges and a new view on barriers.
Read more … Interview: Blind for a while, or ÖZIV expanding the view on barriers
Save the Date: Nature without barriers at the 9th Day of Accessible Tourism at the ITB
planned for the 6 March 2020 at the CityCube Berlin, Germany, POSTPONED to 2021:
In a panel discussion and several presentations, experts from various sectors look into how tourism offers can be adapted to the various needs of disabled holidaymakers. Global Nature Fund presents the project Nature without Barriers and explains the special features of the barrier-free nature experience. Be a part of it!
More about the event at: here (in German)
October 2019: Hunting the Barriers in the Donau-Auen National Park
None of us would have thought that a 2 cm high edge on the bridge passage would leave the wheelchair stuck! On the 22nd of October, our international project team of "Nature without Barriers" went on a barrier exploration in the National Park Donau-Auen near Vienna, Austria. For two hours, all participants were allowed to experience a nature trail in a wheelchair or blindfolded with the help of a cane. Together we checked where there were barriers hiding on the castle island in Orth. Here, the nature trail is going to be redesigned in a barrier-free way in the near future.. The exciting excursion was part of the Erasmus+ project meeting and became possible thanks to great organization by ÖZIV and Umweltdachverband. Together working for more Nature without Barriers!